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[westiex9]

The brothers William and Morgan have longed surved Fiona Couslands ancient noble family as bodyguards, they fought during the Battle of denerim and played a pivotal role in saving the queens life during the events of the winter war, but how did two guards from highever escape the massacre that claimed the lives of the teryn and most of his family? this is their story.

Chapter 1: stop cheating!

The ancient treasury of castle cousland had been graced by the footsteps of such legends as calenhad and elathea cousland, now in the early evening on the day highever rode out to face a blight it was graced by insults and very questionable card hands.

"Stop cheating morgan!" William said slamming an annoyed fist on the old oak table " i am not cheating! your just a sore loser!" morgan replied as he thumbed through his deck with a sly grin " is that why you have a bunch of kings hidden under the table?" william replied chuckling " oh that does it! i should knock you on your arse!!" morgan said rising to his feet, the door to the treasury flew open with a loud creak and morgan froze his fist still raised as Fiona Cousland entered the treasury her faithful hound rabbit at her side.

Morgan tried to formulate an excuse "Oh my lady! we were just...." Fiona smiled cutting him off "playing cards"  she said with a knowing grin " errr well you know its not like anyone is going to attack this place, im not even sure why your father asked us to guard it" while morgan mumbled his excuses william busied himself looking at morgans hidden cards "see i knew you were cheating!!" william said waving the cards in the air.

"errr....im gonna head over to my brothers room, pretend i was never here" Fiona said with a puzzled look "Yes milady thankyou for your generosity" william said standing at attention as the teryns daughter left the treasury "yes "milady thank you ever so much would you like to spank me now or later" maker your such a kiss arse will!" morgan said as he sat down and began dealing out new cards " shut up morgan you were just let of big time! ser gilmore wouldve yelled till he was blue in the face!" william grumbled as they began playing again.

"so did you hear about the grey warden?"  morgan asked " yeah whole castle been talking, i hear he's come for a new recruit, grizzled looking old bugger hope he doesnt pick us!" william said nervously "don't be bloody stupid will grey wardens only pick "competent people" you can barely swing a sword without tripping up someone"  william muttered something fould under his breath and they began playing again.   

Part 2: Who keeps banging on the door!

it was late and morgan and his brother stood on the rampart of castle cousland staring out at the sea " why do we always get stuck on  late night guard duty!" william grumbled as he fidgeted with his shield "probably because you left the cards out and sir gilmore saw them!" morgan said pacing " well it was your ide...... wait do you hear something"  william said staring spooked, a loud thud sounded in the night and morgan drew his sword panicked by it "unless the teryn forgot to pay his taxes and they sent golems to collect, that sounds like the main gate being bashed in" morgan said staring across the wall to the gatehouse.

" look out!" william said pointing to a burning rock falling towards the rampart, the two guards bolted as it smashed into the tower next to the rampart with a loud crash. " oh sod this im not dying on a bleeding wall!" morgan said grabbing william, they ran for the stairs  only to be knocked down by a dark shadow.

"i take you guardsmen have somewhere pressing to be?" the large shadow asked as the two brothers stared up dumbfounded "errr no sir...we were just heading for the...." morgan said unable to finish "what my brother means is that we were heading for the chantry"  william said  " pious and dutiful, but i would  prefer it if you helped me find the teryn, he is in danger and i need his help" the figure said leaning forward to reveal himself, morgan nearly wet himself with surprise "y-y-Yes grey warden! we are at your service" morgan said leaping to his feet "good then lead the way"  duncan replied with motioning them on.

As they ran down the narrow corridors of the castle more burning projectiles battered the old fortifications, someone was attacking the castle and as the chaotic nois began to intensify morgan wondered if he would live to see morning, "please maker" he prayed in his head "if you spare us i promise ill never cheat at cards again!" he pleaded "well alright i will do my best never to cheat"  he said taking back his origional promise, a large cracking sound filled the air signalling that the front gate had been breached "oi! quit day dreaming morgan we need to find the teryn!" william yelled, they began running as the massacre began.

[King Killoth]

I like the story the brothers are very funny together. i like seeing the game from other points of veiw.

[westiex9]

chapter 3: Quick hide!

The two brothers ran quickly down the narrow passages of the castles with the grey warden in tow, the sounds of battle and death filled the night air and flaming debree had blocked off several areas of the castle. Morgan pointed to the pathway ahead "that way leads to the main castle! if the teryn and his family still live we might find them there!" he said " Lead" duncan replied drawing his sword, they did not get far before running into a group of soldiers.

The soldiers did not say a word and charged at the three men on sight " oh maker!" morgan yelled as they clashed with the enemy. Duncan struck like lightning and slew his attackers with almost unnatural speed, William hacked at his opponents legs and forced him to ground " this ones for Lady cousland!" he yelled stabbing into the crippled soldiers chest, morgan bashed his shield into his assailants face in a spray of blood and teeth before driving his longsword through his opponents neck. 

As the last enemy lay dead they saw the soldiers heraldry, a brown amaranthine bear "thats arl howes symbol!" duncan said pointing to a dead soldiers shield "Arl howe! but isn't he lord couslands old freind" william said shocked "looks like they had a falling out then" morgan replied as the revelation sank in. suddenly they heard the sound of marching and duncan pointed to the wall "quick hide!" he whispered as the ducked against the darkened wall. A group of the arls soldiers marched past chuckling and covered in blood, Morgan felt his anger rise seeing these men laughing and joking as if they had just visited the tavern and not butchered innocents, but there was little he could do.

When the soldiers had passed by duncan motioned for them to move, the brothers rushed into the main keep to find it in a state of chaos "everyones dead!" william said as they checked the rooms "but look lady cousland isn't among the dead and neither is the teryna!" morgan replied in a hopeful tone "perhaps they have fled to safety" duncan said scanning the area with a careful eye "of course the servants hatch!" william said remembering suddenly "what are you on about will! ive never heard of any servants hatch!" morgan said grumbling "thats because you never bother to listen! look the larder in the servants area has a hidden escape hatch! if the teryns family live thats where they will have fled to!" william said in an urgent tone "lead the way" duncan replied, they moved quickly back out into the flames and melee.

Chapter 4: Maker what now!

As they ran through the burning passages a large catapult projectile smashed into the side of the tower collapsing a large section of wall and seperating the brothers from the Warden. Duncan looked back  to see the  morgan and william trapped on the other side, morgan suddenly felt a surge of courage "go on without us warden save the Teryn!" he yelled over the debris, duncan did not waste time and was gone before he had finished speaking.

William looked at his brother with a terrified expression "what now brother?" he said in a fearful voice " now we find another way out!" he yelled as they rushed to find another escape route. Howe soldiers lay strewn across the floor with sword and hound marks on their bodies "someone mustve cleared his route before us!" william said as they spotted the carnage "well  thats brilliant will but a fat lot of good to us if we don't find an escape route!" morgan yelled back anxiously.

william scratched his head and suddenly had a bright idea " the rampart scaffolding! we can use it to get over the side!" william said excited "yeah and i suppose we are going to sprout wings and fly when we get over the wall!!" morgan replied irritably " no stupid! theres rope on the scaffold! we just need to get to it and climb over down!"
William said rushing off, morgan cursed loudly and followed his brother.